Egg-case filler



Oct. 11, 1927.

I J. SCHLOE MER EGG CASE FILLER Fild June 2. 192a Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOHN F. SCHLOEMER, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

nee-cast: FILLER.

' Application filed June 2,

This invention relates to improvements in egg case fillers.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved egg case filler adapted to be used in conjunction with the flat disclosed in my patent No. 1,588,624, patented June 15, 1926,

so that a. lock may he established between the flats and the filler. preventing any shitting or movement of the filler relatively to the flat.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved egg case filler of novel construction which provides for easy ventilation between one cell and another.

A further object of this invention is to provide an egg case filler which may be easily, quickly and cheaply constructed and ea sily and uickly assembled. i

With t e foregoing and other objects in view which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, ref erence is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a partial top plan view of an egg case, illustrating the improved filler disposed therein,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a partial perspective view of the improved filler upon the flat.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the walls of the egg case are generally designated at 10, in which there are disposed a plurality of flats arranged one above the other and indicated at 11' and 12. The flats disclosed are similar to ,those disclosed in my aforementioned patent and have egg receiving recesses 13 formed on their upper sides, these recesses being so arranged that they will be disposed atthe centers of the bottoms of the cells rovided by the filler. There are also ormed recesses 14 upon the flat, which recesses are on the upper sides of the flat and are so arranged as to be disposed beneath the corners of the cells formed by the filler. As these recesses are formed by embossing the flat, they form projections 15 on the under side of the flat.

The improved filler is primarily designed to be used in conjunction with the flat above described. It consists of a plurality of parallel longitudinal partitions 16, which are 1926. Serial No. 113,129.

crossed by and intersected by transverse partitions 17. The longitudinal partitions 16 have vertica'l'slots 18 formed therein extending from the top edges downwardly and the transverse partitions 17 have slots 19 extending 'from their bottom edges upwardly. These partitions are preferably formed of pasteboard'or the like and are assembled together in a manner very similar to the con ventional filler. At the intersections of the partitions or at the corners of the cells defined thereby the partitions have projections or extensions 20 formed on their bottom edges and these projections'or extensions are 70 adapted to enter the recesses 14 on the flat 12 on which the filler is positioned. The top edges of the longitudinal and transverse partitions at their points of intersection or at the corners of the cells are cut away, as indi cated at 21, forming recesses which are adapted to receive the projections 15 formed on the under side of the flat which is positioned on top of the filler. In this manner it will be appreciated that the engagement between the filler and the two flats above and below forms a type of lock which prevents the filler from shifting laterally relatively to the flats. Because of this construction the flats which fit snugly within the egg case assist in keeping the fillers in.their proper position therein and prevent any sliding toward the side of the case which might occur if the case should be tilted or turned over on its side. Centrally of the side walls of each cell the top and bot-tom edges are cut away, as indicated at 22. forming passages 'above and below the bottom and top flats respectively, permitting free circulation of air from one cell to another so that all of the cells are well ventilated.

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that a novel filler is provided which is primarily designed to be used in connection with the flat which is disclosed in my aforementioned patent, and which is advantageous in that the filler at all points of intersection of the partitions is lockingly engaged by the flat to hold it in proper position in an egg case.

It will be understood that various changes in the detail of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

In an egg case, two parallel flats, each flat being embossed to form depressions on its the bottomsurface of the upperflat, said de- 1 upper side and projections on its lower side, pressions, projections and recesses being and a filler formed of intersecting longitudilocked at the corners of the cells defined by nal and transverse partitions, the bottom the partitions, the top and bottom edges of edges of the partitions presenting projecthe filler intermediate the corners of the cells tions adapted to enter the depressions on the being cut away to provide for ventilation. upper side of the lower flat, the upper edges In testimony whereof I have signed my of the partitions being cut away to form rename to this specification. v

cesses adapted to receive the projections on JOHN F. SCHLOEMER. 

